ZIP 02142 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · High Value market
ZIP code 02142 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). Structurally it carries 53/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion.
The market reads peak — home values rose 2.9% year on year, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
At $168,788, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. Roughly 7.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 9% of housing is owner-occupied. About 91% have a four-year degree. About 4,349 people live here, median age 32. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 48/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,535 housing units. A median home runs $1,954,500 here, or 10.2 times local income. Vacancy runs 11.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.
On balance, 02142 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Parcel-level detail for 02142 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
The 02142 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 24/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 02142 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sparse data for 02142 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
02142's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 02142 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 02142’s distress
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties carry owner, address, APN, a parcel-level score and an exit read in the full DLRadar file.
The 02142 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 02142, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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